STOCKHOLM, April 28 (Reuters) - Sweden's Supreme Court said
on Tuesday it would hear an appeal by WikiLeaks founder Julian
Assange to overturn the arrest warrant against him issued by
prosecutors who want to question him over allegations of sexual
assault.

The 43-year-old Australian has been stuck inside Ecuador's
London embassy since June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden,
where he is wanted for questioning over allegations of sexual
assault against two women in 2010. He denies the accusations.

Prosecutors first insisted Assange should come to Sweden for
questioning, but in a U-turn in March agreed to conduct the
interview in London.

Assange has said he fears that if Britain extradited him to
Sweden he would then be extradited on to the United States where
he could be tried for one of the largest leaks of classified
information in U.S. history.

Even if Sweden drops the investigation, he faces arrest by
British police for jumping bail granted while the British courts
considered the European arrest warrant issued by Sweden.

"The Supreme Court grants leave to appeal in the matter
regarding the arrest," the court said in statement which
provided no date at which the appeal would be heard.

Assange's Swedish lawyers were not immediately available for
comment.
(Reporting by Daniel Dickson and Bjorn Rundstrom; Editing by
Mark Heinrich)